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Deep Dive: Astronomers Detect the Oldest Known Fast Radio Burst, Spewed From an Ancient Galaxy Just Three Billion Years After the Big Bang

Ran in the 6:05 PM edition of LivePulse, Friday, October 23, 2026
Original reporting: Smithsonian Magazine, 2026-10-23

About ten billion years ago, in a faraway galaxy, some astronomical object released a brief but extremely powerful burst of energy into the universe. Now, scientists have detected that flash and figured out where it came from. The findings, published in the journal Science on October 8, mark the oldest fast radio burst (FRB) ever detected.

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